Multiple-cash-drawer machine



Nov. 9 1926. 1,606,452

J. Q. SHERMAN ET AL MULTIPLE CASH DRAWER MACHINE Filed Feb. 16, 1922 4Sheets-Sheet 1 7 If 4 #4 3 I Nov. 9 1926. 1,606,452

J. Q. SHERMAN ET AL MULTIPLE CASH DRAWER MACHINE Filed Feb. 16, 1922 4SheetsSheet 5 M MWm/PS f Nov. 9 1926.

.1. Q. SHERMAN ET AL MULTIPLE CASH DRAWERMACHINE Filed Feb. 16, 1922 4Sheets-Sheet 2 mwnvmms ATTO/P/VKKS.

Nov. 9 1926. 1,606,452

J. Q. SHERMAN ET AL MULTIPLE CASH DRAWER MACHINE Filed Feb. 16, 1922 4Sheets-Sheet 4 A TTUF/Vfyj Patented Nov. 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT, oFFICaf term a. snamunann ALBERT w. iun'rznna, orDAYTON, onro; sari) ME'IZNEB A8- sronon T earn snnaman.

MULTIPLE-GASH-DRAWER' mourns.

. Application filed February 16, 1922. Serial N2. 587,098.

Our invention relates to machines providing for multi le cash drawers inconnection with manifol ing devices or the like.

In the development of an adequate cash drawer cabinet, together with itsoperating mechanism, there are a number of problems in constructiongiving sim licity of structure, low manufacturing an assembling cost,and ready adaptabilityto use of the same mechanism in various shapes andsizes of machines. a

In combining a manifolding device with a cash drawer cabinet andmechanism, these necessities of design involve themselves in part withthe fitting of various kinds and shapes of devices to the cabinets, withlocation of the operating parts and structure thereof, that adaptthemselves to a uniform production with proper adjustability orextensibility so that standard mechanism can be used with the leastpossible change in all grades and sizes of machines.

To this end it is our ob'ect to provide a cash drawer operating mecanism 1n a cabinet and combine with it a manifolding device, which may,if desired be a separate machine, so far as framework is concerned, insuch a way that the above noted necessities are fulfilled.

Our invention relates, among other specific things, to the provision ofa cabinet in which the partitions between drawers and the fixed bell andlatch mechanism arts be installed on a removable and rea ily demountablev frame part. As to the control mechamsm,

we'set it at a point whichis convenient, and

by the trip construction have provided for transmission of the operativeimpulses from any desired point, and at any desired period of theregister operation.

The above objects and other advantages to be noted, we accomplish bythat certain con- ;struction and arrangement of parts to be hereinaftermore specifically pointed out and claimed.

Inthe drawings,

Figure 1 is a to plan view, with intervening parts remove of a cabinetwith drawer open, showing thesupporting base or bottom 5 partition for adrawer.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of a cabinet with all the drawers removed.

Figure 3 is an inner end elevation of a drawer.

' Figure 4 is a detail elevation of the drawer catc v Figure 5 is adetail section showing the opcrating mechanism connected directly to amanifoldin machine for tripping the drawer catc bar.

Fi ure 6 is a detail section showing the trip ar operating parts in thecabinet and in the register.

Figure 7 is a plan view of the adjusting device for the tr1p bar.

Figure 8 is a plan view of one of the base partitions or drawersupports.

Figure 9 is an end elevation thereof taken from the front.

Figure 10 is a perspective view showing a skeleton frame register andtrip bar operating device.

Figure 11 is a front elevational detail of a cabinet with the partitionsremoved.

Figure 12 is a top plan view showin by means of broken awa portions thefull extent of the tri bar a justin mechanism.

Figure 13 1s a detail simllar to Figure 5 showmg a different form ofregister trip arrangement.

Figure 14 is a detail elevation of the roller support for the drawers.

Figure 15 is a plan view detail, on a small scale, of the independentmeans for operating the trip bar.

Fi ure 16 'is a like view to Figure 15, showlng a modified form.

Figure 17 is a side elevational detail-of a modified form of theregister part of the tripping mechanism.

Figure 18 is a front elevation of the parts shown in Figure 17.

Figure 19 is a diagrammatic view showing the. location of the trip barend in devices built according to Figures 17 and 18.

The cash drawers are shown at 1, and the cabinet sides at 2, and thecabinet top at 3.

The sides of the cabinet are here shown formed with grooves 4, intowhich the base partitions or drawer supports are slipped.

hese partitions are made with an open framework having sides 5, innerends 6 and outer ends 7. From the inner ends there extends upwardly aweb 8 which forms the back of the drawer space, this back being screweddown to the rear of the cabinet, as by screws 9. These parts may beof asingle stamping of sheet metal and are so designed.

- extending i Along the sides of are set, preferably,

angle iron strips 10, upon which are mounted on the upstandin webs aseries of rollers 11, on which the rawers ride. For this purpose the*drawers have channel bars 12 set to extend inwardly from the drawersides, the bottoms of the drawers, as at 13, being raised to giveclearance. Upon inserting the drawer into its space, the channel barswill engage over the rollers and provide an antifriction support forthem.

On each drawer there will be, preferably, two spring projectors, in theform of springs 14, mounted on rearwardly extending brackets 15 at theback of the drawer. These springs engage, when the drawer is closed, incups 16 set on the backs 8 of the partition members.

Eachdrawer will also have a latch bar 17 from its rear, which bar has acatch pr p 18 at the end. The bar 17 forms part of the. left handbracket 15, andthe rear plate of the bracket is cut away, as at 19, tocleara bell 20, set on the end 6 of the partition.

Brackets 21, havin interspaced arms, are mounted, on the backs 8 of thepartitions, and slidably retain a plunger or catch pin 22, around whichis a spring 23, forcing it down. A bracket 23", on the back 8, pivotallysupports a lever 24, which engages with its rearwardend the upper end ofthe pin, so that when the lever is depressed at its other end the pinwill be raised to release the engagement between the in 22 and the catch18. When this is done, tie springs will project the drawer forwardlyuntil a tongue 25 on the back of the drawer proper engages in a notch 26in the forward cross member of the partition. From this engagement, thedrawer may be freed by reaching over and depressing the front member orend 7 of the partition. V The bell 20 has mounted alongside it a bracket27, in which is a torsion spring pin 28 carrying a striker 29. On thispin is also located a finger 30, which, as the drawer moves outwardlyunder its spring impulse, will come into engagement with a spring hingedfinger 31 on the bar 17. This will pull back and suddenly release thestriker and cause it to tap the bell, while the inward movement of thedrawer will permit the finger 31 to pass the finger 30, because of itsspring mounting.

It will be evident that the drawer and the partition member may beentirely withdrawn from the cabinet for inspection or repairs, and thatin manufacturing the article, the assembly will be a very simpleoperation.

We prefer that the partitions at the rear be formed with extensions 32,which are slotted to give clearance to the trip bar, which will'next bedescribed.

. The trip bar is shown ih the form of a rod 33, on which are a seriesof collars 84, each having a pin 35 toi strike the free ends of thelevers 24, that lift the spring pin latches. The collars are arran ed sothat the pins 35 extend in-difl'erent ra ial aths for each collar, andthe ad'ustment o the bar for tripping a select drawer is accomplished byrotating the bar so that the desired collar will be in trippingposition.

The bar is mounted so as to estend entirely through the cabinet, with asocket in the base in whlch it can slide, but from which it will notprotrude Atits upper end a socket piece 36 is provided, which acts as ajournal for the rod, and as 'a cup for a spring 37, that bears on its uper end against a collar 38 on the bar. T is collar also acts as a stopfor downward and upward movement of the bar, by engagement with the baseof the socket piece, and with a washer 39 screwed down on the top of thecabinet, over the up er end of the socket.

he bar passes though a bracket 40 on top of the cabinet, which will lieunder the usual base 41 of a manifolding device 42 set on the cabinet.Between the bracket and the cabinet top and therefore held againstmovement with the bar is an arm 43 having a nonrotatable, slidable engaement with the bar by the medium of a collar portion engaging over aflattened portion of the bar.

This arm has a forked end 44, which engages over a stud 45 on a bar 46,whereby the position of the bar 46 determines the rotary position of thetrip bar.

The bar 46 may be of any length without disturbing the standardconstruction of the parts 36 to 45, above identified, and will extend toa convenient point for'manipulation. Thus at the front of the machine wereferably provide a calibrated plate 47 having indications for theseparate drawers of the cabinet. The bar will have a pointer 48 there0n,which will enable the operator to position the bar 46 and thereby givedesired rotary position to the trip bar. The inner end of the bar 46 isheld in position by an abutment member 49- located adjacent the forkedend of the adjustin arm. I

As a separate drawer re ease, controllable by the possessor of a ke tothe machine, we may provide any desire simple form of trip. We haveshown two forms (Figures 15 and 16).

In the form in Figure 15, a rod 50 is pivotally set beneath the top ofthe cabinet and carries an arm 51 which will contact with the uppermostcollar on the trip bar. This rod may be rocked by a handle 52, afterfirst releasing a bolt from engagement with the same, through akey-controlled lock 53.

Another form consists in a trip lever 54 mounted beneath the cabinet topand having one of its ends in position to strike down the uppermostcollar on the trip bar. A long shaft 58 of a register,

the end of an arm 63 on link or plunger 55 for this lever extends outthrough the front of the machine, preferably ina channel in the top,where it is provided with an operating head 56,'to be grasped and pushedby the operator. A look bolt controlled from a of this link.

We have shown several methods of operating the trip bar mechanism,adapted to various styles of devices. Thus where the position of theregister feed shaft directly over the trip bar end is possible, we mayemploy one form, but in other forms we cannot use this.

Referring first to the form necessary to apply force to other thandirectly beneath the feed will be noted that we arrange on the feed acrank 59, which is coupled to a link 60. The crank will be adjustableto-vary the time of tripping.

On the base of the register is a bracket 61 having a slotted portion 62in which the link will slide and reciprocate, so that it will always bein the path to contact with a shaft 64.

The shaft 64 is set on brackets 65 on the register base and may extendat any desired angle and be of any length, so that at its other end alike arm 66 will have a path to engage and depress the trip bar (Figures5 and 6). To adjust the tripping action a set screw 66 will be insertedin the arm 66, said screw forming the contact member with the trip bar.The length and angle of this rock shaft 64 will permit the use ofotherwise standard equipment that may be located at any desired pointbeneath and on the register base.

Where the trip wherein it is the trip bar, shaft, it

bar end is under the feed shaft, we .will arrange between the sideframes 67 of the register for a bar 68, on which is clamped a member 69,which may be positioned as desired along this bar.

The member 69 has journals 70 at its uper and lower ends, in whichslides a plunger 71 located directly over the upper en of the trip bar.This plunger has a spring 72 to keep it forced upwardly, and a stop pin73 to limit upward movement, and is energized by a cam or stud 74 setinposition on the feed shaft of the register, so as to strike down theplunger at the desired point in the operation of the register.

The register, as above narily be shipped separate from the cabinet, andto indicate the easiest way of setting it up, we will preferably providebolts 75, in the top of the cabinet, to enter the holes provided in theregister base, and .provide a clearance hole 7 6 in the cabinet top,which will enable the end of the trip bar to extend upwardly to a pointfor contact with the plunger.

. This method of location will also be used lock 57 preventsreciprocation d catch on the described, will ordi-' with the first formdescribed, so as to get the protruding trip bar end correctly beneaththe clearance hole in the cabinet base. Instead of the above, a ball andsocket joint 77 maybe used to act directly on bar 33 (Fig. 13). Wehave'not attempted to describe every modification employing equivalentmechanical means, known to those in the art, which could be used to gainthe advantages of. our invention, but we do not wish it understood,because of this, that we desire toslide in said cabinet as so sup orted,and

mechanism for latching and re easing the drawers, mounted on thepartitions and drawers, and removable therewith.

2. In a device of the character described,

the combination with a cabinet, side walls therein, partitions slidablein said side walls, and adapted to support drawers between thepartitions, and drawers adapted to slide into the inter-partitionspaces, as so supported, and latching mechanism mounted on thepartitions and drawers, and removable therewit 3. Inc. device of thecharacter described, the combination with a cabinet having sides,partitions adapted to slide in. said sides, said partitions having rearwalls adapted to form mechanism supports, and drawers adapted to slideinto and fill the spaces left between partitions.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination in a cabinetof a removable base partition for a drawer, a latch means for mountingdrawer adapted to engage the latch, and means independent of thepartition and the latch for tripping the latch.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination in a cabinetof a removable base partition for a drawer, a latch means for mountingthe latch, on the partition, a catch on the drawer adapted to engage thelatch, and means independent of the partition and the latch fortrippingthe latch, a sounder mounted on the partition, and means on the drawerfor setting off the sounder upon sliding outwardly away from latchedposition.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination with acabinet havin base supporting sides, of a base partition a apted toslidably fit said sides, an upstanding wall unitary with the partition,a spring latch the latch, on the partition, a a

mounted on said wall, a drawer slidable means for positionin the bar,comprising above the partition, a each on the drawer 00- an arm on thebar t rough which 1t may operating with said latch, and means indeslideand means for adjusting the position endent of the drawer, partition,and latch 0f the arm, com rising a lmk connected 0 ibr tripping thelatch to release the drawer. thereto and exten ing to a desired pointfor 7. In combination with a cabinet, a pluoperation, and a calibratedmeans for guidrality of cash drawers therein, latches for ing thepositioning of the link in swinging said drawers, a reciprocating barhaving the arm,

trip devices in different radial planes, adapt- 10 ed to trip thelatches, said devices being 1n- JOHN Q. SHERMAN.

dependent of the drawers and latches, and ALBERT W. METZNER.

